Between Game Pass and Switch, I do not have enough time for all of these games.
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#FirstWorldProblems
Awesome! Physical media is a complete waste when you can get the exact same product digitally.When asked if there are plans for a physical release, GungHo Online Entertainment America director of game publishing Takeshi Minagawa said, "Not at all." It will be a digital-only release.
The initial announcement:
Then when E3 came along and there was no such thing, someone asked and the dev said lolno:
Then gungho said yes it is:
Annnnd it turns out there probably isn't.
Another vid:
Last we heard you cannot turn off the vasaline filter
Awesome! Physical media is a complete waste when you can get the exact same product digitally.
Shipping plastic pieces all over the world when it can easily be distributed via the Internet is insane.
Yeah, I'm still going to get it but I thought we'd get a physical release for this.
Don't cheer fewer options for people.Awesome! Physical media is a complete waste when you can get the exact same product digitally.
Yes. Let's not even try to slow down climate change.
You've got to be joking
The fuck?
Servers farms are on 24/7 to keep your digital games always online. Even if you downloaded just once - servers still burning energy every second.
Absolutely. Ships and airplanes still do more damage. Plus the actual production.Servers farms is on 24/7 to keep your digital games always online. Even if you downloaded just once - servers still burning energy every second.
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Downloading was better for the climate only when the games were less than 1.3 gigabytes, the team reports in the Journal of Industrial Ecology.
5 years old. I can't access the report, so it's pointless.
So? :) It's still actual.
Chrono Trigger PC all over again, if true.I remember hearing somewhere that their awful filter is actually baked into the sprites in this port, so it's not something that can be toggled on and off. If that's true, that's a HUGE fuckup. What a shame.
Some people like to actually own a copy of the thing they're buying, rather than have a digital version that could be taken away at any point to due any number of reasons. See the Ducktales thread for an example of this shit happening.My point was that people need to stop hoping for physical copies and stop buying physical copies altogether. Every game that doesn't get a physical release is a good thing.
Awesome! Physical media is a complete waste when you can get the exact same product digitally.
Shipping plastic pieces all over the world when it can easily be distributed via the Internet is insane.
Let's see what has happened since the report; which none of us even has read because it's behind a paywall. Google reached 100% renewable energy for their global operations in 2017. Microsoft is aiming for 60% in 2020 for their data centers, and that will keep going up. Having both physical shipping and digital releases at the same time is clearly not a good thing. We should focus on the one thing that we can improve, and that's digital. That's the all I'm going to say in this thread, because I have derailed it enough. If anyone want to say something to me, you can do so with PMs."Statement about physical not being an option is a good thing r.e. climate change"
"We should also ignore peer reviewed work that shows that is not necessarily the case"
Uh, so who do you actually trust when it comes to how much things contribute to climate change?
Another vid:
Last we heard you cannot turn off the vasaline filter
Damn I don't think I have time for such long games. Maybe if I play just the second.HLTB stats (main game to main game + optional stuff):
Grandia 1: 44-59.5 hours
Grandia 2: 33.5-36 hours
So pretty standard JRPG lengths with Grandia 1 being the longer game.
I'm in for Grandia 2, I know one seems like a very bad port, how's the preview for 2?
Man that's disappointing, that's probably why they shadow drop this or something. I will still get 2 though just because I want to replay it again soonAll the comments out of PAX were that 2 seemed very choppy on switch. Maybe Seda could comment if the E3 build was better?
Absolutely. Ships and airplanes still do more damage. Plus the actual production.
However, I probably shouldn't have derailed the thread that abruptly.
Contrary to findings in previous research on music distribution, distribution of games by physical BDs results in lower greenhouse gas emissions than by Internet download. The estimated carbon emissions from downloading only fall definitively below that of BDs for games smaller than 1.3 GB
And miss one of the best existing rpg ever.Damn I don't think I have time for such long games. Maybe if I play just the second.
All the comments out of PAX were that 2 seemed very choppy on switch. Maybe Seda could comment if the E3 build was better?
Gamexplain saw both build and had very positive thoughts on the E3 one while being extremely concerned at Pax last year.Man that's disappointing, that's probably why they shadow drop this or something. I will still get 2 though just because I want to replay it again soon
HLTB stats (main game to main game + optional stuff):
Grandia 1: 44-59.5 hours
Grandia 2: 33.5-36 hours
So pretty standard JRPG lengths with Grandia 1 being the longer game.
Is the first the better of the two?And miss one of the best existing rpg ever.
That's sad.
However, I 100% understand the lack of time : /.
Downloading a 50GB game has a larger environmental impact due to the network infrastructure and server farms than the entirety of the shipping, manufacturing, and disposal process of any individual game including account for the environmental impact of all the plastic used. Not to mention the social and consumer rights issues associated with not owning the media you are paying for. Full text is linked